Lawrence Cook (May 7, 1930 – December 27, 2003) was an American actor. Cook starred in '' The Spook Who Sat by the Door'' (1973). In that film, which was based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Sam Greenlee, Cook portrayed Dan Freeman, a secret

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who is trained by the

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and later trains and leads black freedom fighters in an uprising against the U.S. government. Before ''The Spook Who Sat by the Door'', Cook appeared in films such as ''

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'' (1970) and '' Trouble Man'' (1972). After ''Spook'', he appeared in ''

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'' (1988) and ''

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'' (1993), as well as in television series including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also appeared as Paul Grant on the daytime soap opera ''

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'' from 1975 to 1976. Cook died in 2003 in

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. He was buried in

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* 1930 births 2003 deaths 20th-century African-American male actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century African-American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Male actors from New York City {{US-screen-actor-1930s-stub